Two IU Press books finalists for Herskovits Award

Jonathon Glassman, author of War of Words, War of Stones, and William Cunningham Bissell, author of Urban Design, Chaos, and Colonial Power in Zanzibar, have been selected as finalists for the African Studies Association’s 2012 Melville J. Herskovits Award.

This award is presented annually by the African Studies Association (ASA) for "the best scholarly work on Africa published in English during the previous year."

The winner will be announced during a ceremony at the ASA's annual meeting, which will take place November 29 at 1:30 p.m. at the Marriott Philadelphia Downtown in Philadelphia, PA.